This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Greek Mythology; and the meaning contains the keywords forest or tree.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Acastus Ἄκαστος m Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Ἄκαστος
(Akastos), which is derived from Greek ἄκαστος
(akastos) meaning "maple tree, maple wood". In Greek mythology, Acastus was the king of Iolcus, the oldest son of
Pelias... [
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Balanos Βαλανος f Greek MythologyDerived from Ancient Greek
βάλανος (
balanos) meaning "acorn" or "oak tree". This was the name of one of the eight hamadryad daughters of
Oxylos and
Hamadryas, associated with oak trees.
Daphnis Δάφνις m Greek MythologyFrom Greek δάφνη, meaning "laurel tree". In Greek mythology, Daphnis was the son of Hermes and an unnamed nymph. His mother left him under a laurel tree, where he was found by a shepherd and named after the tree... [
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Daulis Δαυλίς f Greek MythologyEtymology uncertain, possibly derived from Greek δαῦλος
(daulos) meaning "bushy, leafy, dense", "forest, thicket", and figuratively "intricate, inscrutable", or from the related δαλός
(dalos) meaning "firebrand, torch"... [
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Doryclus Δόρυκλος m Greek MythologyDerived from
δόρῠ (doru) meaning "wood, tree" and
κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory".
Dryope Δρυόπη f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek δρῦς
(drys) meaning "tree, oak" combined with Greek οψ
(ops) "voice" or Greek ωψ
(ops) "face, eye". This name was borne by at least five characters in Greek mythology, the best known being the daughter of king Dryops of Oeta, who was turned into a black poplar tree by the god Apollo.
Hamadryas Ἁμαδρυάς f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek ἅμα
(háma) meaning "together" and δρῦς
(drys) meaning "tree; oak". This was the name of the mother of the hamadryads in Greek mythology, a kind of nymph bonded to a specific tree.
Hylaeus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Ὑλαιος
(Hylaios), which is probably derived from Greek ὕλη
(hylē) meaning "forest, woodland". However, it could also have been derived from Greek ὗλις
(hylis) "mud" or from Greek ὑλάω
(hylaō) meaning "to bark, to bay"... [
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Hylas Ὕλας m Greek MythologyDerived from Greek ὕλη
(hyle) meaning "wood, timber" or "trees, forest". This was the name of a companion of
Heracles in Greek mythology, a member of the Argonauts.
Karya Καρύα f Greek MythologyDerived from Ancient Greek
καρύα "hazel, hazel tree, hazel bush", ultimately from Ancient Greek
κάρυον "nut". In Greek Mythology, Karya is attributed to the hamadryads, one of those nymphs who live in trees and are closely linked to the fate of the tree... [
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Lotis Λωτίς f Greek, Greek MythologyFrom the Greek word λωτός (lotos) meaning “lotus tree”. Lotis was a river nymph that transformed into a lotus tree to avoid
Priapus.
Morea Μορέα f Greek MythologyMeans "mulberry tree" in Greek. In Greek mythology, Morea is the name of a hamadryad (a type of dryad, or wood nymph).
Moria Μορία f Greek MythologyMeant "sacred olive tree" in Greek, referring to a type of olive tree in ancient Greece that was believed to have 'been propagated from the original olive which
Athena herself had caused to spring up on the Acropolis'; uprooting one of the sacred μορίαι
(moriai) was an offense punishable by dispossession and banishment.... [
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Nysa Νύσα f Greek MythologyPossibly from an archaic Greek word meaning "tree". In Greek mythology Nysa was a daughter of Aristaeus, who was believed to have brought up the infant god
Dionysus, and from whom one of the many towns of the name of Nysa was believed to have derived its name.
Oxylos Ὀξύλος m Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek adjective ὀξύς
(oxys) meaning "sharp, keen, pointed" as well as "quick, swift".... [
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Philyra Φιλύρα f Greek MythologyMeans "lime tree, linden tree" in Greek. In Greek mythology Philyra was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water nymph daughters of the Titans
Oceanus and
Tethys... [
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Syke Συκῆ f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek συκῆ
(syke) meaning "fig tree". In Greek mythology Syke or Sykea was a hamadryad (wood nymph) of the fig tree.